CNS Fatigue

Stealing from the www.exrx.net forum... as a reminder to myself -

 

1. Olympic lifts, ballistic exercises, speed lifts with 45-55% of maximum, plyometrics, and jumps and bounds

 STOP When the speed of movement decreases.

 

2. Deadlifts (and variations), goodmornings (and variations), squats (and variations), lunges and step-ups, free-weight pressing (overhead, incline, flat, decline, and dips), and free-weight/cable pulling (vertical and horizontal)

 STOP: One to two reps short of failure.

 

[ I go to failure on all sets and feel like dead toad on hot asphalt]

 

3. Machine pressing and pulling, chest isolation work, quadriceps isolation work, hamstrings isolation work, lower back isolation work, and abdominal work

 Go to failure on at least one set per exercise; you can go to failure on all sets.

 

4. Biceps isolation work, triceps isolation work, traps isolation work, calves isolation work, and forearms isolation work Very low Go to failure on all sets.

 You can go past the point of failure (drop sets, rest/pause, etc.) on one to two sets per exercise.